Commonwealth v. Corkins

Opinion by

Van dee Vooet, J.,

The lower court in this case, on appeal from a Justice of the Peace decision finding the Appellant guilty of violations of The Vehicle Code, held that Appellant waived his right to review by payment of fines and costs to the Justice of the Peace. The record reveals that no such waiver has taken place.

The front of the actual citation, included in the record, reveals that the Appellant was fined ten ($10.00) dollars and assessed five ($5.00) dollars costs as a result of his conviction, a total of fifteen ($15.00) dollars. Normally, the defendant, by such payments, if…